News Release
May 2001
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) -- Moravian College will bestow
honorary degrees to two distinguished individuals at its commencement
ceremonies on Saturday; May 12; beginning at 10:00 a.m. Honorary doctorates
will be awarded to John Corigliano; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer;
and Donna Christian-Christensen; a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The College will grant degrees to approximately 345 bachelor’s
degree candidates and 24 MBA degree candidates at the graduation ceremonies
in the outdoor quadrangle behind the Haupert Union Building. In the
event of rain; the program will be held in Johnston Hall. The ceremony
will conclude the 259th academic year at Moravian; America’s sixth-oldest
college.
Graduates receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees are:
From Allentown are: Maggie Lynn Awad; Deborah Lynn Cumello;
Chrisovalante P. Fliakos, Magna cum Laude; Amy Elizabeth Herczeg, Cum
Laude; Douglas Lee Joseph; Erin Lynn Keiper; Ryan William Kuhns; Kelly
J. Kulanko, Cum Laude; Meghan Whitney McBride, Summa cum Laude; Karen
Annette Neely; Joseph Gregory Pochron; Steven Lee Rosati; Matthew R.
Seeds; and Adam Daniel Smith.
From Bethlehem are: Yasmin Ishaq Arastu, Magna cum Laude;
Natalie Marie Balaziuk, Magna cum Laude; Alison Julia Bambu, Cum Laude;
Carmen Diane Bartek; Fredericka William Beauchard, Summa cum Laude;
Jaime Elizabeth Biggs; Amy Lynn Bokan, Summa cum Laude; Amanda Lauren
Burkhardt; Matthew P. Connell; Gregory Alfred Cook; Jenni E. Costa;
Domenic Michael DiMenichi; Joseph Raymond Fink; Jonathan David Gerber;
Jessica M. Golm, Summa cum Laude; Rebekah Lynn Gordy; Tracy E. Hamill;
Janet Skewis Hamman, Cum Laude; Judith Ann Herbster, Magna cum Laude;
Erin Rose Higgins; Ruth Paola Jacome; Melissa Ann Johnson; Georgejenna
P. Katsaros; Joshua Michael Kopp; Jeffrey J. Kotash; Hal Alan Long;
Othniel Ezekiel Lunan Sr.; Robert David Mabey; Joseph L. Martino; Scott
Lawrence Meixell; Lorie Jane Reinhard; Adam M. H. Reitz; Hector M. Rivera;
Keri A. Schantz, Magna cum Laude; Andrew Robert Silberman; Wilkinson
Clay Smith; Carla Sofia Soares, Magna cum Laude; Jason D. Strobel; Monique
Y. Sullivan; Stephanie Anne Szymanski; David Keith Traupman; Bennett
H. Turner; Jaya M. Valliyil; Kylie Hope Wagner; Robert W. Wallander;
Susan Elaine Young; David Michael Zile.
From Easton are: Philip James Black; Eric J. Bryfogle;
Sook Lee Choi; Angela Marie Detrick, Magna cum Laude; Jennifer Beth
Dodwell; Eva Marie Kassis, Magna cum Laude; Salvatore A. La Duca; Lara
Mary Mammana, Cum Laude; Kristy Lea Morone, Cum Laude; Brian J. Piperata;
Ryan Stanton Purdy; and Louise Marie Schomp.
Others from Pennsylvania include: Janelle Lynn LaValva,
Cum Laude; Patricia Ann Morgenstern; and Brandi Jacqueline Christine;
Valerie Ann Reeder; and Steven M. Truscott of Bath. Hilary J. Constable
of Carlisle; Carole Renee Olszewski of Catasauqua, Magna cum Laude;
Colleen Marie Kelly of Churchville; Kevin Michael Smith of Collegeville;
Heather Diane Brader; Andrew George Krause, Summa cum Laude; and Natalie
Jane McGill of Coopersburg; Angela Marie DeFrank of Cresco, Cum Laude;
Elisabeth Helen Whittaker of Danboro, Cum Laude; Mark S. Zappe of Danville;
Andrew Charles Grezlak, and Erin Patricia McGrath of Doylestown; Jeanette
Lynn Snovel of East Greenville; James T. Langmayer of Elverson; Cheryl
Lynn Huber; Lisa Michelle Reed of Emmaus; and Claudia Christine Reycraft
of Erwinna; Kate Lauren Buger of Fleetwood; Shannon Marie Barger of
Frenchville; Lyle James Lentz of Glenolden; Kristen Lynn Dunlap of Havertown,
Summa cum Laude; Ryan Jude
Baran; and Samuel Peter Franzosa of Hazleton; Heather
A. Karp; Paulette A. Robert; Edwin Thomas Searfoss Jr. of Hellertown;
Richard James Flederbach of Honesdale; Courtney Elizabeth Parrella of
Horsham; Aaron Philip McCarty of Jamison; Colleen Marie Erb of Jenkintown;
Brian Alan Heckman of Laureldale; Denele Lee Brozino; Travis W. Hunsicker;
Elric M. Kline, Cum Laude; and Ken Edward Parliman of Lehighton; Genevieve
Lamielle LaVO of Levittown; Emily Marie Shonk of Ligonier; Christine
Marie Bortz; and Jonathan Brandon Metrick of Macungie; Kevin Paul Reuther
of Mayfield; Kate Rebekah Gieroczynski of Mertztown; Jared Michael Blatt
of Mohnton; Mollie Louise Rade of Moscow; Scott Andrew Farkas; Michael
Edward Miller, Magna cum Laude; Courtney Chantal Rice, Summa cum Laude;
Stephen J. Schwartz; Gloria-Mae Smith; and Kristy Lynn Stewart of Nazareth;
Amber Ann Barron of Nesquehoning; Scott Eric Garner of New Cumberland;
Beth Anne D’Orazio of Norristown; Kathryn R. Hinkle, Summa cum
Laude; Valerie A. Madea, Summa cum Laude; and Jason Adam O’Brien
of Northampton, Magna cum Laude; Hannah Lea Wood of Palm; Chad M. Gotto;
and Michael Andrew Ondilla of Pen Argyl; Anthony Clark Rediger of Perkasie;
Colleen Marie Brand; and Chelsea Lain Roberts of Philadelphia; Shawn
Patrick Brown; Patrick James Ullmer Jr.; and Deborah Lee Williams of
Quakertown; Michele Lee Haines;Van Tinh Pham; Eric Ryan Storch; and
Christopher Michael Watt of Reading; William John Boltz of Rehrersburg;
Joslyn Ann Grube of Saylorsburg; Kimberly Ann Ryan of Schnecksville;
Ellen Catherine Charnick of Shavertown, Magna cum Laude; Jennifer Rose
Cosentino of Shohola, Summa cum Laude; Kathryn Elizabeth Austin of Shrewsbury;
Magna cum Laude; Jill Marie Spitko; and John Andrew Stettner of Slatington;
Amy Elizabeth Scheckenbach of Souderton; Christopher R. Braun of Stroudsburg;
Karl David Searing of Tamaqua; Stephanie Louise Surch of Tatamy; Amy
Theresa Amadio of Temple; Sara Elizabeth Young of Tunkhannock, Summa
cum Laude; Amalia Generosa Dignetti of Upper Black Eddy; Melissa Louise
Hummel; Barbara A. Wagner of Walnutport; Richard J. Tate of Warrington;
Melissa Ann Gerhard of Weatherly; Erica Jean Koller of Wernersville;
Christopher Jacob Tomlinson Hayn; and James A. Millets of Whitehall;
Christine Noel Baal of Yardley.
Graduates from Connecticut include: Katherine Carlson
Warren of Farmington; Sara Lynn Zerillo of Glastonbury, Cum Laude; Katherine
Elizabeth Westermann of Milford; and Abbe Lynn Cox of Voluntown.
Graduates from New Jersey include: Christopher John Gilbert
of Annandale; William Richard Schmidt of Basking Ridge; Monica C. Gural
of Bayville; Peter James Jankowicz of Belle Mead; Melissa Marie Garrison
of Belvidere, Magna cum Laude; Megan Elizabeth Avigliano of Bound Brook,
Cum Laude; Kimberly Leanora Tallon of Brick; Julie Elizabeth Vitale
of Byram Township, Magna cum Laude; Matthew William Kling of Chatham;
Suzanne Mlynarczyk; and Kristie Lee Mulieri of Cherry Hill; Ariel Vargas
of Dover; Jill Katherine Kenny of East Brunswick; Susana Soares of Edgewater
Park; Megan Kathleen Ryan of Edison; Steven T. Earley of Elmer; Monica
Jill Lella of Emerson; Aleda Ann Rusnak of Fanwood; Rachael Renee Johnson
of Freehold; Andrew Fedo III of Hammonton; Tara Lynn Tramontozzi of
Hampton; Michael Heston Milunec; and Doreen D. Hoffman of Harmony Township;
Marisa Confuorto; and Dana Lee Gazaway of Hillsborough, Cum Laude; Christine
Noel Solieri of Howell; Gerald David Vinci of Kinnelon; Michael Thomas
Gill of Lebanon; Kelly Lynn Pico of Lincoln Park; Jessica Florence Marchand
of Livingston, Cum Laude; Allison June Richardi of Long Valley; MaryBeth
Regina Walsh of Mahwah; James William Burkitt of Manasquan; Jeremy Hause
of Marlton; Jennifer Shanna Larkin of Mendham; Cathleen A. West of Metuchen,
Cum Laude; Laura Lynn Centurrino of Morris Plains; Jeremy Stuart Lefever
of Morristown; Maureen Elizabeth Hurley of Neptune City; Timothy Craig
Stapfer of New Providence; Brooke Alyson Maslowski of Newton; Christopher
Paul Frascogna of North Haledon; Christopher James Francese of Ocean
Township; Ruth Christine Knowlton of Old Tappan; Gregory Strother Tanis
of Pequannock; Nicole Compton-Williams; Koury Cook; Barbara Jean Dziura
of Phillipsburg; and Natalie Ann Fatta of Phillipsburg, Summa cum Laude;
David S. Jordan of Point Pleasant; Michael J. Bathgate of Port Murray,
Summa cum Laude; Maria Christina Bainbridge of Princeton Junction; Kendra
Lynn Insley of Ridgewood; Thomas J. Moloney of Rutherford; Jill Ann
Chowansky of Sea Girt; Alexander W. Egan of Short Hills; Sarita Garg
of Sparta; Kevin Thomas Byrne of Spring Lake; Mary Noel Coyle of Stewartsville;
Lynda Beth Roney of Stillwater; Bradley Naylor Lawton of Stockton; Curtis
Francis DeFillippo of Toms River; Cynthia Ann Dell’Omo of Union;
Allison Colleen Fisk of Wall; Matthew J. Willbergh of Wall Township;
John David Rhinehart Jr. of Washington; Lacie Jordin Edelstein of Wayne;
Zachary Noor Wirjosemito of Wrightstown;
Graduates from New York include: Rebecca Lynn Hutson of
Ballston Spa; Douglas Ellwood Gold of Buffalo; Scott Vincent Dinski
of Hamilton; Jacqueline Marie DaBrescia of Hancock; Catherine Marie
Schade of Huntington; Kristen A. Holcomb of Orangeburg, Cum Laude; William
Anthony Onofry of Port Jervis; Sarah Frances Parker of Queens; Kevin
Charles Lewis of Saratoga Springs; Tamra Lynn Nichols of Sound Beach;
Emily Claire Rizzo of Staten Island; Scott R. Enstine of Water Mill;
Rebecca L. Roe of Worcester.
From other states are: Torine Elisabeth Pasek of Walnut
Creek, California; Rebecca L. Matijasich of Alpharetta, Georgia; Lynne
H. Berkstresser of Atlanta, Georgia; Amber Jo Peck of Edgewood, Iowa;
Kerry Marie Graybill of Oakland, Maryland; Norri Beth Symonds of Essex,
Massachusetts; Victoria Ann Hughes of Milton, Massachusetts; Lindsey
Brett Forman of Sharon, Massachusetts; Matthew Robert Weavil of Unionville,
Michigan; Melanie Ann Lutz of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; Robert William
Frank of Dover, Ohio; Heather Alayne Stern of New Concord, Ohio; Catherine
Elizabeth Robinson Sloan of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Nicolle Holly
Woods of Bennington, Vermont; Frank George Ruzicka of Burlington, Wisconsin.
Graduates receiving Bachelor of Science degree
are:
From Allentown: Rebecca Lynn Falk; Mark John Fischl; and
Tamar Katrice Nhek;
From Bethlehem: Kara Jean Barner; Deborah Anne Cays; Jill
Marie Ciganek, Summa cum Laude; Patrick Dustin Collier; Amanda J. Dancho;
Brooke Ann Dancho; Napo Ghonda; Corinne Mae Kavounas; Scott John Korin;
Amy Simonka; Michele M. Snow; and Mohamed Ali Taleb, Magna cum Laude.
Others from Pennsylvania include: Leah Ann Williams of
Andreas, Magna cum Laude; Laurie L. Sibbach of Bath, Summa cum Laude;
Joy Marie Conigliaro of Carbondale; Philip James Milia Jr. of Catasauqua;
Steven Bradley Rees of Dalton, Summa cum Laude;James Edward Moyer of
Dresher; Jan MaryAlice Golden of Dunmore; Thomas M. Haring, Cum Laude;
and Jennifer Lynn Meitzler of Kutztown, Cum Laude; Jaime Lynn Gresh
of Lansdale; Amy Marie DePuy of Lansford, Summa cum Laude; Jared James
Bundra of Lehigh Township, Cum Laude; Kimberly Sharon Ghali of Lehighton;
Elric M. Kline, Cum Laude; and Elicia L. Sheckler Stein of Lehighton,
Cum Laude; Lauren Chaykin; and Scott Michael Murray of Levittown; Janice
Lynn Brophy; Dominic Thomas Gehret; and Frank Thomas Starner of Nazareth;
Heidi Jane Seiwell of Nesquehoning; Jude Paul Yakamavage of Orwigsburg;Joyce
Marie Halstead of Ottsville; Julie Lynn Koehler of Pen Argyl, Magna
cum Laude; Damon Michael Rutherford of Reading, Summa cum Laude; Autumn
Helene Zander of Riegelsville; Christopher L. Marzano of Schnecksville;
Heather Maura Deeble of Shavertown, Cum Laude; Joseph Christopher Benny,
Jr. of Tamaqua; Michael F. Lukens of Warminster; Nancy J. Atiyeh; and
Bradley James Hoffman of Whitehall; Tiffany Lee Shue of York;
From New Jersey are: Christine Noel Koonce of Bloomsbury,
Cum Laude; Deborah Lynn Hartelius of Fanwood; Nichole Marie Caparelli
of Lakewood; Ellen Siemann of Livingston;Charles E. Gero; Daniel William
Kowalchuk; and Nicole Lauren Zaccheo of Phillipsburg; Jason Edward Engelhardt
of Point Pleasant Beach; Stephen Darlington of Randolph; John Charles
Langeraap of Sparta; Chad Burton Dougherty of Toms River; and Dustin
Levy of Vineland.
From Connecticut: LisaAnn Herpok of Hamden, Connecticut.
Graduates receiving a Bachelor of Music include: Heather
Ann Strizalkowski of Danbury, Connecticut, Cum Laude; and Lauren Patricia
Nicholas of Basking Ridge, New Jersey. From Pennsylvania, they include
Gary L. Stokes of Allentown; Kristen S. Adamson, Cum Laude; and Rosemary
John Frey of Bethlehem,Cum Laude; Emily Mairghread Rideout of Collegeville,
Summa cum Laude; Erin E. Jennings of Honesdale, Cum Laude; Jessica Dawn
Kistler of Lititz; Tonya Jennie Ogden of Milford, Magna cum Laude; Vera
Marston of Pipersville, Magna cum Laude; Clara Judith Thorne of West
Chester.
Graduates receiving the degree of Master of Business
Administration include:
Outside Pennsylvania: Rupam B. Modi of Sarasota, Florida;
Marlo J. Yates of Holland Township, New Jersey; Daniel John Barlette
Jr. of Dunkirk, New York; Andrew and DeForest Winfield of Utica, New
York.
MBA recipients from Pennsylvania include: Thomas James
Domin; and Robert Jeffrey Kuhns of Allentown; Yasmin M. Bugaighis; John
Michael Freiss; Javier Inga; Melissa Lee Mennen; Bart Ueberroth; and
Michele Williams of Bethlehem; Todd William Holmes of Catasauqua; Carl
Steven Curto, and Kim R. Snyder of Easton; Michael Robert Ready of Laurys
Station; Thomas Joseph; and Edward George Thear of Macungie; Susan K.
Lear; Valerie Lynn Sabo; and Beverly A. Wyant of Nazareth; Brian Keith
Krom of New Tripoli; Scott Michael Higgins of Northampton; Deborah Lynn
Zalatan of Orefield.
